Wheel-bearing.



l L. s. STREPBY.

WHEEL BEARING.

APPLIOATION FILED mlm, 190e. y

Patented Sept. 27, '1910 =To all whom it may concerti? LINDSAY s.V STREPEY, or vieron,

WHEEL-Brianna?.

Specification of Letters IEa'tent. y

v applicati-on 'med February' 5v, 190s. seriaiNo. 4.142360.A

Be it known that I, LINDSAY S. STREPEY, a

. citizen of the United States, residing at Vicvao tor, in thel county of Teller and State of Colorado, have invented certain new" and useful Imlprov'ements in Wheel-Bearings;

and I do eclare the following to'be a full, clear,'and exact'descrption of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, andto the letters and figures part of this' specification. Myinvention relates to improvements'in lof reference 'marked thereon, 'which form a l wheel construbtions but'more especially to I the bearings of wheels whether used 'for ve-l hiclesor other purposes.

An important object ofmyinvention, is

to reduce the friction ordinarily incident to` the rotation of the wheel upon its axle and to. this end I applyto the axle extremity a relatively .narrow journal of relatively large diameter, the same being grooved to receive .y

what I will term the inner periphery or hub of the wheel in one form: of the construction; In this particular form, the hub or, inner periph'ery of the wheel is provided with a steel ring having ball recesses lo partly receive three -s'ets of ball bearings interposed between the journal and 'thI whiel hub, one

set of bearings being` interp -sed't5etw1'een1the`l circumferential face of the al t-.nd the jour nalwhile the other sets of lbearings are lo-l cated on opposite sides lof the steelringand' interposed betweenthe latter and the sides ofthe journalmembers which inclose the. groove.

Having briefly outlined my improved construction, I will ,proceed to describe the same .A in detail reference being madeto'the accom` "wheel in whichA my invention is embodied.

panying drawing in which isl illustrated an embodiment thereof.

' In this drawing, Figure 1 is'a sectionaly view taken through-the bearing of a vehicle Fig. 2 is a side view of the same partly broken away and partlysectionized. This view is obtained'by looking in the direction of arrow 2 Fig. 1.

Referring first to Figs. land 2, let thenumeral 5 designate'a. vehicle axle upon which is threaded 4a journal member.v 6 having a threaded extension 7 upon whihis screwed an interiorly threaded cooperating member form a vduced portion of the innerl periphery o'fa sists of a wheel ring 10r brazed upon a 'ment` vreduced portion which enters` the vgroove of` bymeans of'bolts 15 to which are applied ential face of the steel ring`10, and the journal are bearing` balls 17, the parts engaged by the balls being fashioned'to forma suitable ball race therefor, a portion ofthe race being in each element. Also interposed between the steel ring 10 and portions 18 of the journal on opposite sides of thegroove 9, arebearing balls l9-which engagel race ways formed partly in the ring and partly vin the parts 18. Applied to the member 12 packing rlngs 2O composed of felt or other 'clude dhst from the ball bearings of the construction. To the outer extremity of the fan axle nut 22 which is screwed against a withY the member 8 of thejournal. Interposed between the circular plates 13,are the inner extremities 24 of the spokes 25 of the wheel. These extremities are `tapered or of the plates 13. Interposed-between the spoke extremities 24, are wedge blocks 26 which are widestr atl their` innerllextremities 'and tapered as they extend outwardly The Ainner extremities of the .spokes are maintained in position by virtue of these blocks together with the plates 13. The spokes are retained in position against displacenrent in a radial direction, by the rim .or felly (not shown) of the wheel. f y

'my improved device kas wcll as" the assembling of thevarious parts of the mechanism will be readily'understood. ToA facilitate the assembling of the parts, the journal is comdescribed. In assembling the parts the member 6 will be first screwedl upon the of the v ehicleahub on opposite sides7 are washer 23, the latter being in direct-contact` A8. The members 6 'and 8 are cutaway to atente/d Sept.

ber y12in siich a manner thatA the two ,parten virtually form an integral construction-'f To the opposite` sides of the hub member 12 which is expanded or reinforced beyondthe. s

suitable packing material adapted toex- "threaded portion 2li of the axle is applied v oove 9' adapted to receive the're-A vehicle wheel. This inner.- periphery con- .thejournah are secured' circular plates .13 l,

nuts 16. Interposed between the circumferwedge-shaped,tapering from the outer edge L From the foregoing description the use of-V l posed of two members 6 and 8 as heretofore threaded .extremity 21 ofV the axle'. y The 110A y' Wheel will then be put in position, after which the journall member 8 will be applied.. It must-be assumed that the ball bearings are 'put in position and also that the circular plates 13' are applied at the proper time and connected with the hub of the `wheel by the bolts l5. Itis evident that in order toz place the wedge blocks 26 in position between the inner extremities of the spokes, one of the circularplates 13 must be absent since these Wedge blocks must be applied or inserted in a transversey or lateral direction.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is The combination with an axle, of an inner bearing member composed of two members, one member being threaded to the outer extremity of the axle to rotate therewith and having a reduced protruding exteriorly threaded part, the second bearing member being secured upon the protruding part of the first named member, the outer portions of the abutting faces of the bearing members being cut away at right angles to form a circumferential groove in the bearing when the two members are assembled, a rotary element whose inner face enters the groove of the bearing, bearingballs interposed between the rotary element and the bearing members, one set of balls engaging the inner face of the hub and the other sets the opposite sides thereof, and packing rings'interposed between the portion of the rotary element which enters the grooveof the bearing and the walls of the grooves on opposite sides, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` VLINDSAY S. STREIEY. Witnesses:

DENA NELSON, ALODIA HUToHrsoN. 

